Digital Library Output in Scopus during 1995-2016: A Bibliometric Analysis

Authors

  • Dr. D. K. Veer  Director, Knowledge Resource Center, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
  • Gajanan P. Khiste  Information Scientist, Knowledge Resource Center, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Scopus, Digital Library

Abstract

Scopus is a premier research platform, helping to find, analyze, and share information in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The present study discusses the “Digital Library” as reflected in Scopus for the period from 1995–2016. The present paper investigates the highly productive authors, document Types, Present study is also aims to find out the top contributing Indian institutions, most prolific authors, the preferred sources for publications by Geographical distribution by country, Subject area, Source Type, Affiliation, and Language etc. The results indicates that there were total 18854 documents on digital library during 1995 to 2016. The main institutes contributing on Digital Library are Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Fox, E.A. is the most productive author in terms of publications. At the international front, India’s contribu¬tion to Digital Library is 578 documents during 1995 to 2016 which is rank on Seventh.

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2017-10-31

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Volume 2, Issue 5, September-October-2017

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Dr. D. K. Veer, Gajanan P. Khiste, " Digital Library Output in Scopus during 1995-2016: A Bibliometric Analysis, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.779-784, September-October-2017.